Posts Tagged: battery storage

Large-scale battery storage key to California’s clean energy future

Industrial battery units storing electricity in the desert. Image by The Desert Photo.

by ALEX JACKSON and SCOTT MURTISHAW posted 04.03.2025

OPINION – California leads the nation in energy storage. We must maintain this momentum. With continued improvements in technology and regulatory oversight, energy storage can continue to play a pivotal role in powering the state’s clean energy future.

Solar power, like the sun, should belong to us all

Solar panels arranged in California's Mojave Desert. (Photo: Andfrei Orlov, via Shuttertstock)

by BERNADETTE DEL CHIARO and ROB SARGENT posted 09.09.2021

OPINION: Local solar power — on our roofs and in our neighborhoods — has always been a more nimble and resilient form of clean energy, but now we know that consumer solar is also cost-effective leaving little doubt that it should  be a key element of the state’s energy transition.